Author: Paulo Rizal

Adtran powers Titan Telecoms rapid network expansion across Australia

Adtran today announced that Titan Telecoms has deployed its FSP 3000 open line system (OLS) with flexgrid ROADMs, and its FSP 3000 TeraFlex™ open terminal...

How social media is making access to illicit drugs easier

The Beekeeper House, a mental health and addiction centre is warning that social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat have facilitated the creation...

74% of executives say benefits of generative AI will outweigh cons

70% of executives believe that generative AI will enable organisations to widen the scope of the roles of knowledge workers. Nearly all executives (96%) recognise...

Meta’s Threads is a serious threat to Twitter, and Elon Musk knows it

Given Elon Musk’s penchant for publicising his thoughts on Twitter (a social media platform that he now owns), many found his silence on the release...

Albanese gov’t to allocate $6.2M to tackle children body image distress

The Albanese Government is providing $6.2 million to The Embrace Collective for their Embrace Kids program to help kids tackle body image issues to live...

ACMA to improve consumer protections, puts telcos on notice

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has today put Australia’s telco industry on notice that it must significantly improve its consumer protection framework. A...

Muck Rack welcomes Lisa Landa as first CMO

Public relations management platform Muck Rack has appointed its first chief marketing officer, Lisa Landa. In a media release, Muck Rack said Lisa will serve...

Twitter loses global traffic following anti-data scraping measures

Twitter has incurred a significant loss of traffic globally after it limited the number of tweets accounts could view in a day. According to data...

ACMA to prioritise protecting consumers in 2023-24

For 2023-24, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has vowed to protect consumers by curbing the negative effects of gambling, address fraudulent SMS scams,...

How Awards.Photos is ‘revolutionising’ photography contests

Awards.Photos, a photography contest hosted by Seed.Photo, is making headlines with its novel approach to celebrating artistic excellence and pushing the boundaries of innovation in...

Runway bags $141M to expand AI research

Runway, an applied AI research company has raised a $141 million extension to its Series C from Google, NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures, and existing investors, among...

Is government regulation of generative AI a good thing?

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful technology that can create realistic and sophisticated content such as images, videos, and text. With the...

Fixed wireless connections improving for Australians, ACCC says

Broadband retailers are continuing to deliver download speeds to consumers that are close to their maximum plan speeds, the ACCC’s latest Measuring Broadband Australia report...

CyberRisk Alliance enters public relations with LaunchTech acquisition

Business intelligence company CyberRisk Alliance (CRA) has acquired LaunchTech Communications, a public relations and communications agency serving fast-paced, global cybersecurity and technology companies. LaunchTech, founded...

DoubleVerify to enhance advertiser measurement on Meta Reels

Digital media measurement platform DoubleVerify has announced an expansion of its quality solutions with Meta to enable media measurement and help maximise advertiser performance on...

81% of customers want more video from brands, State of Video Technology reveals

A survey of 2,009 adults in the U.S. and U.K. found that more than 8 out of 10 consumers want brands who communicate with them...

New data from SurveyMonkey reveals disconnect between customers, digital marketers

New data from online survey platform SurveyMonkey has revealed a drastic disconnect between consumers’ feelings and digital marketing professionals’ perceptions about customer experiences. The analysis...

Winners of Adobe Experience Maker Awards revealed

Adobe has announced the winners of the annual Experience Maker Awards, where brands from Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) featured prominently, taking home a total...

Acast launches new self-serve platform for podcast advertising

Independent podcast company Acast has launched host-read sponsorships on its self-serve podcast advertising platform. Now, any advertiser globally can book sponsorship campaigns across the entire...

Australian Competition Tribunal nixes Telstra, TPG Telecom deal

The Australian Competition Tribunal has upheld the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) decision to reject the proposed regional spectrum authorisation agreement between Telstra Corporation...